Wow! Victor Borge couldn't have done it half so well--and this wasn't planned. Thanks for posting that!
Regrettably, no... I don't have a lot of his recordings. One recording by Michel Béroff that stands out in my mind is this DG album of Ravel he shares with Martha Argerich. He does a great job as soloist in the Concerto For The Left Hand. Recorded in 1987 at Abbey Road Studios.
Further reaction: curious to hear how she plays when the piano isn't sinking out from under her, I just ordered a couple of her CDs. In one, she plays Chopin nocturnes and ballades; in the other, Bach preludes and fugues and the Beethoven 5th Sym. (no word about the transcribers/arrangers). Again, thanks for posting the video.
I have them on EMI/Pathe Marconi and Angel LPs. I like the 1st cto.; don't think I've played the others. I also have the same Brahms record pictured above and Beroff and Collard with Ivaldi and Lee in Paris, a suite for four pianos (!) by Milhaud, also on Connoisseur Society. To be honest, I'm not sure I've ever played that one; I think maybe I'll dig it out later tonight and give it a spin. [edit] Beroff's presence there is incidental; the focus of the record is Ivaldi and Lee in Scaramouche and some other, more unusual Milhaud works (one solo for each of them and another duet). [further edit] Much as I like Beroff's cto. 1 recording, my favorite is Sviatoslav Richter with the Moscow Youth SO under Kondrashin (Musical Masterpiece Society LP), despite the rather dubious recording quality.
Thanks! We think alike. I was thinking to pull that disc as well a couple of days ago but I got derailed by Poulenc. They are my go to SS Piano Concertos. I have the Hough and a couple others but the Collard's are my favorites. Hough is too fast IMO.
At home with Keith Lockhart Lockhart's commitment to the Boston Symphony Orchestra The Boston Symphony Orchestra goes solo Arthur Fiedler's legacy lives on Keith Lockhart's 25th anniversary
recent listening: Grigory Ginzburg His early recordings, volume 1; Liszt, Beethoven, Balakirev. APR, 2008
Listening to Clifford Curzon play Beethoven Fifteen Variations, Op.35 (Eroica Theme and Fugue) and the Schubert Moments Musicaux, Op.94. Recorded by Decca in The Maltings concert hall, Snape, February 4-6, 1971 (Schubert), and April 14-17, 1971 (Beethoven). LP released by Decca/London 1971.
Looks like another item for my "wish list"... I like both Collard and Previn. Do you have all five concertos in one box, or are these individual CDs?
Enjoying some more chamber Poulenc this morning. Even the infamous Hurwitz loves this CD: Poulenc Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 3 - Classics Today
My Eliane Rodrigues CDs arrived Friday, and yesterday I played part of the Bach/Beethoven one. All the transcriptions are by the pianist herself. Unfortunately, after two preludes and fugues, as I just was starting the Beethoven 5th Sym. transcription, I got a phone call, and that was the end of my CD listening time for the day. That said, I can offer a tentative impression on brief exposure: this pianist's work as a transcriber is not for purists. If your idea of what Bach should be on the piano is the Angela Hewitt school of dry, sober, literal, uninflected presentation, stay away. If you are a lover of such hyphenated composers as Bach-Liszt or Bach-Tausig, however, and performance approach that is more free than strict, you may find much to enjoy here. For myself, I'm not quite sure what to make of her yet--at least on the basis of what I've heard so far, she's definitely not "in the mainstream" as we think of it today!
I should add, the works on the disc are as follows: Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in g, BWV 542 Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 in c, op. 67 Bach: Prelude and Fugue in a, BWV 543 Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d, BWV 565 She plays a Fazioli F308 concert grand; the recording was made Oct. 16-17, 2019 at Studio 1 of the Music Center of the Omroep in Hilversum, The Netherlands. The disc is Navona nv6285 Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the Beethoven-Liszt 5th sym. transcription for comparison.
Now enjoying the final two concertos from the above series. As with the other two discs, great playing and lively dynamics in the recording.
